Hey guys I am SO SORRY for being MIA.
After Valentines Day I caught mono (not from kissing any boys, from drinking out of my friends drink, which I am NEVER doing again because mono is horrible!)
Anyway, I was actually much better on Tuesday, but I couldn't bring myself to write anything happy due to the fact that sad things were happening all around me both with all my fandoms (all of my fellow Batman fans understand :'() and in real life.
But yesterday was a good day, so I finally got happy and decided to write a chapter. I'll try to post another one later today but I'm not sure because I'm still rushing to finish all my make-up work from when I was sick.
Oh, and also you will recogocnize some inspiration from The Proposal and Leap Year (which are some of my favorite romantic comedies :D)
Okay, enough of my pointless babbling. Please read and review and enjoy :)
Raven and Gar met up with everybody in the dining room. With the table decorated with such an extravagant center piece and a mass quantity of food spread about the table, it looked like Thanks Giving threw up. Gar, the gentleman he is, pulled out Raven's chair, motioning for her to take her seat next to Amy. Raven shot him a look of displeasure, however she did not protest as she had wanted. Gar pushed in the chair after Raven had sat down, and then took his seat in between Raven and Victor.
"How nice of you to join us. We are just waiting on the West's." Amy smiled and then stood up from her seat when she heard a ding come from the oven in the kitchen. "Oh, that must be the chicken. Come on John, help me get it."
After John and Amy left the room, everybody's eyes shifted to Gar and Raven. "What?" Gar asked his friends innocently.
"You haven't been back in the country for a whole day and you and Rae are already engaged? Man, how do you do it?" Victor high-fived Gar and smiled.
Raven rolled her eyes, taking a deep breath before correcting her friend. "We are NOT engaged. We just have to pretend to be so that we can stay here with you guys."
Before anybody could respond, Jinx and Wally both entered the room and took their seats across from Raven and Gar, Jinx walking slowly and with her right hand resting on her rather large belly. As if on cue, John and Amy both returned with the finished chicken. "Eat up everybody. There is more than enough to go around."
While they were eating, Amy and John were asking all sorts of personal questions in order to get to know one another better.
"So Wally my boy, you got your wife over her pregnant?" John pointed to Jinx and smiled, winking at Wally as he did so.
Wally looked up from stuffing his face with food. "Yes sir. She's a little more than 8 months."
"8 months? Congratulations! You look great for 8 months dear." Amy smiled at Jinx who murmured a thank you. Amy then addressed the rest of the couples. "So what are all your plans for a family?"
"We were hoping that we could start a family soon. Maybe this year. We only want couple of kids though." Karen answered and then looked at Victor, who nodded in agreement, not too eager to begin the discussion of children.
"Oh yes, we were also hoping to begin making up a family. After we are married, we are hoping to conceive a little bumgorf. Perharps during the honeymoon I will conceive a bumgorf." Kori smiled innocently as everybody else groaned. Nobody wanted to hear about Richard and Kori's sex life. Again.
"And what about you two?" Amy asked Raven and Gar, who hadn't mentioned anything concerning children yet.
"Oh. We haven't really discussed children yet." Raven looked at Gar and offered a small, artificial smile. She had no intention of even thinking about her and Gar having babies together. Even if they were in a real relationship, which they weren't, Raven found it a bit awkward that everyone was discussing such personal things.
"Well dear, right now is just a good a time as any other time." Amy smiled and patted Raven's hand.
"Well pumpkin, I was thinking four to six kids. You know I've always wanted a big family." Gar slapped on one of his biggest smiles, aware that Raven would detest the idea of having any amount of kids with him, let alone six kids.
Raven shot him an icy glare and gritted her teeth, not wanting to start an argument about their imaginary plans for kids. "That's exactly how I feel honey pie."
"Oh you two are just way too cute with the pet names!" Amy giggled and then grasped John's hands. "We had three children. Our son is a fancy lawyer and moved away. As for our daughters, one of them is on her honeymoon and the other is in Pennsylvania with her husband and kids."
"How long have you guys been married?" Jinx asked, not really interested in the answer, but she thought it was polite to ask.
"Let's see…we got married when we were 18…so it'll be 60 years in a month." John starred at Amy lovingly and smiled. "Even though we're getting old, she still seems to get more beautiful by every second." Then he kissed her and smiled.
"That's exactly how I feel about my Jinxy over here." Wally kissed Jinx on the lips.
Jinx pushed him off, her pregnancy causing her hormones to make her extremely moody "You calling me old?"
"Course not. I'm calling you beautiful, beautiful." He smiled and then kissed her again. This time, Jinx didn't push him away.
Karen and Vic kissed also, then Richard and Kori kissed. After every man has kissed their wife or fiancée at least once, everybody turned to look at Raven and Gar.
Raven silently groaned, wondering why everybody felt it was appropriate to kiss each other when she was trying to eat.
"Well, aren't ya gonna kiss your girl?" John asked Gar, confused.
"No, that's okay. We can do it later…" Gar looked at Raven, who was forcing her eyes to look downcast at her fingers fiddling with the napkin she had previously placed in her lap.
Amy giggled and threw up her hands. "Don't be silly! There is no need to be shy around us! You are among friends! Let us see a kiss!"
Apparently their friends thought it was amusing to see them under this pressure because within a couple of seconds, everybody was chanting, "Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her!"
Gar rolled his eyes. Realizing that their friends wouldn't cease their taunting chants any time soon, he placed his hand under Raven's chin, gently pushing her head up so that his green eyes were starring deeply into her amethyst ones. He leaned in, pressing his lips to hers, almost causing the shocked Raven to pull away. She couldn't though. It wasn't like any kiss she experienced before. The kiss sent a surge of electricity through her, givinge her a warm feeling that spread all throughout her body and before she knew it, she melted into the kiss. After a couple of seconds, Gar pulled apart. Raven looked up at him with her slender fingers softly touching her tingling lips, and her wide eyes blinking in confusion. Never before had she felt such a extreme flurry of feelings.
"See? No need to be shy! You two seem to be the most in love out of any of them! With a kiss like that? I'm surprised you guys don't have children already!" Amy chuckled and began to clean up empty plates from the table.
Gar and Raven avoided each other's gaze, both dealing with the millions of thoughts running through their heads. When dinner was over, and after everybody had at least one slice of pumpkin pie, everyone headed to their rooms. Raven changed into a short silk spaghetti strap nightgown in the bathroom. She cracked the bathroom door open and ran over to the bed, slipping under the covers.
When Raven got out of the bathroom and slipped into the bed, Gar laughed. "Dude, that's what you brought to wear at night? A skimpy little dress? I don't think I've ever seen you expose so much skin!"
Raven rolled on her side so that she could face Gar, shooting him a nasty glare as she did so. "I thought I was getting my own room."
Gar turned on his side as well, wanting to talk to his best friend that he hadn't seen for so many years. "Same here. Hey Rae, I'm not tired. Wanna talk?"
"I suppose we do have some catching up to do." Raven's plain expression turned to an upset one. "You never did answer my previous questions."
"Well…I did visit. But whenever I came to Jump City, Kori said you were always at a book fair or away on business. And I wrote you every chance I got for two whole years. You never wrote back, not once." Gar turned away from Raven, a certain sadness taking over him. "Kori told me to send them to your apartment 7C on Berry Street. Why didn't you write back?"
Confusion took over Raven for a moment before she realized the misunderstanding that had occurred "Berry Street? I don't live on Berry Street. I live on 134 Pine Street. I used to live on Berry Street, but I only lived there for a month. With my ex-boyfriend, Derek."
"He probably has them then and just never forwarded them to you." Gar turned back towards her, feeling a bit stupid as he shifted a little closer to Raven, who just lay there and stared. His usual goofy smile returned to his face, mischief gathering in his eyes as he spoke. "So tell me about every single romantic relationship that you have had over the years. Dick said that you got around."
Raven took a deep breath before speaking, not really wanting to remember all of those boring and pointless relationships she had forced herself to remain a part of. "He was just exaggerating. I went out with this one guy Derek for two months. I remember you guys used to call him Goth Boy when we were younger. Then we broke up and a year later I went out with this guy named Jeremy for about a month and a half, and then we broke up. Then a couple weeks ago, I broke up with my boyfriend of a month. It's nothing interesting."
"How come none of your relationships worked out?" Gar questioned, genuinely confused. Who would break up with Raven? She's perfect.
"Because I wouldn't have sex with any of them." Raven turned away from Gar, clearly embarrassed as a soft shade of red tinted her pale cheeks.
"You've never slept with anybody before?" Gar asked, obviously shocked. Raven was so beautiful and confident. Why wouldn't she want to get physical with any of her boyfriends? He knew she had problems with expressing her emotions, but still, he didn't expect her to be a virgin.
Raven turned back to face Gar, her eyes avoiding his. She felt a bit uncomfortable discussing her sex life, well her lack of a sex life, with Gar, but she found him easy to talk to. "Don't laugh. I mean, I almost did, but I never felt like it was the right guy. I didn't want to make a mistake and sleep with a guy that was only in it for the sex. What if I got pregnant? I wouldn't want to have a child with demonic powers with just any guy. What a mistake that would be."
"I'm not making fun of you Raven." Gar attempted to comfort her. "Don't tell anybody, but I haven't done it with anybody yet either."
Raven looked at him, also shocked by the news of his virginity. "I don't mean to pry or anything, but why not?"
Garfield looked Raven in the eyes. "Well there wasn't exactly a huge selection of ladies deep within the jungles of Africa. And this will probably sound extremely cheesey, but I just want my first time to be special, ya know?"
"Yea…So how's Africa?" Raven asked, desperate to change the awkward topic of sex yet glad that her and Garfield were actually on speaking terms.
"It's beautiful. I really think you should go there one week. I used to get kind of lonely. I mean most of the time I was alone doing research. Sometimes I talked to the people in the village nearby where I was working, but I mostly just hung out by myself." Gar turned away from Raven and turned the lamp on his nightstand off, beginning to feel tired. "I'm actually all finished with my research. I can't believe I finished just in five years. So I'm actually moving back to Jump City."
"Really? You're coming back?" Raven turned off her own light, so now they were in total darkness. She tried to keep all of her excitement bottled up, however Garfield could identify some excitement in her voice.
"Yea. I mean, I've been so homesick Rae. I've missed everybody so much. But now I'm coming back and I'm ready to settle down and start a family like all the others." Gar then closed his eyes, wanting to rest his eyes for just a minute. God he was all of a sudden feeling extremely tired.
"So you were serious tonight? About wanting a big family?" Raven asked, not feeling the least bit tired. She wanted to talk to Gar some more. She missed him more than she had originally thought.
"Yea. I want around four kids. Maybe even five. But it really depends on what my wife would want. I mean, she's the one who has to birth them." Gar opened his eyes, and even though he couldn't see well, he looked at Raven. His eyelids drooped however, exhaustion threatening to take over him. "What about you? What plans do you have for life?"
Raven shrugged. "I don't know. I never really thought about it before. When I was younger, I was planning to die whenever Trigon needed me to become his portal. Having kids or getting married had never really crossed my mind. I suppose I would want a couple of children. I never liked being an only child when I was younger. I was so lonely. I probably wouldn't have been allowed to see them though. The monks would never have allowed such a thing. I did have some half siblings, but I never met them. I guess I believe that I would enjoy having three of four children. I have heard from many that family is the most important thing. Well that's what I've heard from all the incredibly sappy movies Kori forced me to watch. The bigger the better, right?"
Raven sighed when she heard Gar produce a light snoring. "Ugh, so sorry for putting you to sleep with my hopes and dreams for a family." She sarcastically remarked before dozing off herself.
Alright, I'm off to finish my homework...ew...sorry I can't write more, I tried making this chapter a little longer. I wish I could have revised this one a little more, but I really have to get to this homework. I have no idea when I'll be writing my next chapter, but Thursday is looking pretty good! :D